Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?

As an election season in the USA, full of existential questions with no good answers, comes to a close we are presented with the puzzling offer of this retailer, which is not exactly existential but kind of akin to it:

But a different kind of item is now raising eyebrows: The department store is selling collard greens for $66, plus $15.50 in shipping. It advertises that the vegetable is “seasoned with just the right amount of spices and bacon” and “ships fully cooked and frozen.”

The comfort food’s high price tag has generated scorn and ridicule on the Internet. “I can’t even begin to imagine the conversation at the dinner table with my grandmother,” The Root said. “Do you know how many pounds of greens you could get for $66 at a grocery store? And, who’s cooking these greens? Is there some secret Neiman Marcus kitchen run by a grandmother or Paula Deen?”